For Sale: Peter Benisch - Soundtrack Saga (2001) IDM AMBIENT

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Condition: without shrinkwrap otherwise like BRAND NEW (played twice)

Styles: IDM, Ambient, Downtempo, Electro, Lushbient

Criminally overlooked gorgeous music.

Sophomore release from Stockholm's Peter Benisch after his now out-of-print debut on Pete Namlook's FAX imprint. Those thinking this is a typical Turbo release with plenty of house, techno, or electroclash are in for a bit of a surprise. Indeed, Peter Benisch manages to create a timeless piece of downtempo grooves with lush ambient textures that, like the album's name suggests, demands a major motion picture to accompany it.

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Tracklisting

1. Skymning (5:37) Featuring - Nico Pedersen
2. The Wireframe Fields (8:01) Vocals - Carina Berg
3. Temple Of Opposites (5:47) Vocals - Emma
4. Floating Points Of View (4:25)
5. Love Theme (6:49) Vocals - Emma
6. Precious (5:21) Vocals - Krister Linder
7. The Desert White (6:02)
8. Interstellar Superstructure (5:38) Vocals - Krister Linder
9. Trenches Of Time (4:23)
10. Spiralling (3:48) Vocals - Krister Linder

Description:

Like the opening credits of such a movie, the wonderfully lush "Skymning" is the right piece to open an album. After a bit of industrialized percussion starts out, somber pads gently glide about in the background. Additional elements such as ethereal voices and atmospheric effects weave about as they are introduced until a simple acoustic melody joins as well. Everything mixes throughout the song, creating a stirring piece of sonic rapture.
Ominous effects and rhythms take you forward into "The Wireframe Fields". Before long, hauntingly ethereal voice pads are introduced, setting up for a synthesized flute to play a somber intro. Once the main portion washes over this song -gorgeous, sweeping synth pads- you are seemingly enveloped in heaven. Deep sub bass accentuate the pads beautifully as little electronic effects flutter in and out throughout.
As its title suggests, "Temple of Opposites" is divided by two very dissimilar sections. Starting off with synthetic grooves, menacing strings pads, and eerie female vocals, this song creates quite the foreboding atmosphere. Temple Of Opposites is quite a contrast of moods but is held together remarkably well.
"Floating Points Of View" is not quite as focused as the first three tracks on this album. Relies more on little electronic blips and bleeps along with a simple, subdued electro melody that only really plays for half the song.
"Love Theme" makes the transition worthwhile as another awesome number. Ethereal female singing, soft percussion, and tinkling piano melodies are wrapped together in a blanket of sub bass as airy effects weave about. It is a song that truly deserves to be shared with a loved one's tender embrace.
Shifting gears up a bit is "Precious", yet another richly textured song. After an intro with dark synth pads and atmospheric effects, mechanical breakbeats and more ethereal females voices float about. Some simple electronic riffs and bass make their way in a few minutes, providing nice, supporting melody to go with the bulk of this song.
As if heading the call, industrialized percussion and a bassline that makes good use of alternating stereo effects start us out on "The Desert White", providing another brisk pace. Synth pads soon escalade into epic proportions as an ominous, indiscernible voice sample flutters in the background at points throughout.
With big, sweeping synth pads and a tinkling synth arpeggio, there are some good ingredients for more resounding soundscapes in "Interstellar Superstructure". There are a few other elements like female singing and pad effects but these don't gain enough prominence to make them anything more than just background.
Slow percussion fed through a bunch of reverb starts things out on "Trenches Of Time" as a mysterious, gentle pad emerges from the background. Slowly, the pad builds upon itself, soon taking on more striking textures with a mellow bass line adding itself to the fray. A pleasant enough track but it feels short considering way elements are progressively added.
To close out this saga is the perfect song to end an album on: "Spiralling". Just lay back and enjoy.
Turbo's track record of releasing quality albums only grows with Soundtrack Saga, this time adding downtempo to their catalogue. However, just lumping this album into a downtempo category would be unfair as tracks like Precious and The Desert White are definitely of danceable pace while keeping with the ambient texturing that dominates this album. Fans of music containing lush textures should definitely search this album out for their collection.

Outstanding tracks:

The Wireframe Fields
Love Theme
The Desert White

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